heya
anyone on here look younger than they are??
im 21 now and to be honest i look bout 16/17 which is a gift ive been told :)
but when i walk though town i get funny looks from some people and there not always nice looks makes me feel horrible sometimes ... just wondered if anyone else on here has the same sort of thing happen to them

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Tue Feb 08, 2011 1:14 am

pollypineapple28

Joined: Sat May 22, 2010 9:38 pmPosts: 0Location: N.Ireland

Iam 26 and I used to get some nasty looks from people

Iam only 5ft tall and very petite, people must have thought I was 12 or something. They would look me in the face, look at the bump and then do a double take on the face. It was very insulting. I used to get so annoyed about it. My OH used to ask people what they were looking at.

We are lucky to look so young so just try your best to laugh it off

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Tue Feb 08, 2011 3:32 am

ruthmary

Joined: Tue Feb 26, 2008 2:57 pmPosts: 0Location: Kent

I did when I was pregnant with my son I had just turned 20 and his Dad was 39 at the time, most people thought I was 18 and that he was my Dad!

People like that annoy me so much, some people get to 30 and still have no desire to have children if your maternal then your maternal the age you are makes no difference in my eyes. x

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Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:45 am

misss

Joined: Thu Jul 01, 2010 2:14 pmPosts: 0

hi,

i get it all the time. people stare at me when im with little man. im 26 now, but still get id for the lotto sometimes.
x

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Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:45 am

EmmaUK123

Joined: Fri Jun 26, 2009 7:30 pmPosts: 0Location: Chelmsford, Essex

I know this feeling!

I'm 27 but only 4ft4. I'm not a dwarf btw, I have scoliosis. Whenever people clock me they stare and oh! the looks of disgust on their faces!

So damn rude. I usually ask them what their issue is! Some woman was muttering about me behind me in a queue. I was very loud with her ' Do you have a problem with short people being pregnant?! I'm not a child, just small so don't be so bloody judgmental!'

She looked sooooo embarassed, it was great! And I got a few 'well saids' and 'you tell er luv'

I've been ID'd for lotto and booze before. Laughable really cos the people in the shop have known me for years and they know the booze aint gonna be for me cos I dont drink hehe.

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Tue Feb 08, 2011 12:50 pm

christy81

Joined: Wed Nov 25, 2009 7:22 pmPosts: 0Location: coatbridge

I get asked for ID a lot and it's sooo embarrasing, I'm 29. Everyone says "you'll appreciate it when your 40" . Maybe so but it's no fun now getting asked to prove you are 16 for a lottery ticket

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Tue Feb 08, 2011 12:54 pm

louisatheweasel

Joined: Wed Mar 10, 2010 6:33 pmPosts: 0

I work in a shop and I ID'd a 40 year old once in all fairness in his beanie he looked a lot like a teen...but when he took it off and put all his gray hair and wrinkles on show...how embarassing!...hahaha

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Tue Feb 08, 2011 1:06 pm

kirstyyh

Joined: Mon Apr 06, 2009 4:56 pmPosts: 0

Oh yes, I got it bad when I was pregnant and still do now. I also look very young for my age (itll be a good thing when we're 50!) When Im out with my little boy on my own I can just see it in some peoples faces what they are thinking. A quick "Im 28 and yes I do live with his daddy!" that usually gets rid of em!! x Some people just cant help but judge Im afraid xx

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Tue Feb 08, 2011 2:15 pm

Oatcake26

Joined: Mon Dec 27, 2010 9:03 pmPosts: 0Location: Falkirk

I'm 26 and i can't buy a bottle of wine without my driving license I was 20 when i had Rachel but looked a fair bit younger and i used to get so peed off with people looking down their noses at me! I agree with ruthmary, age has nothing to do with someones ability to be a good mother xx

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Tue Feb 08, 2011 2:38 pm

Fallenangel85

Joined: Fri Jun 11, 2010 10:53 amPosts: 0Location: Watford

I had those looks both times I was pregnant, I was 19 when I had Kaneda but looked younger so had a lot of comments which didn't really help my self esteem. I was 25 when I had Kakashi and was walking through town with my sister (who is 24 and we were both pregnant at the time), was also with my mum and daughter and soomone horrid old bag said 'bet their mums so proud being up the duff' luckily my mum's deaf and struggles to hear things behind her (even with her hearing aids) but me and my sis heard it. My mum wanted to hunt her down and give her what for lol.

People only make comments because their own lives are so dull, don't let it bother you as you are better than them

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Tue Feb 08, 2011 2:55 pm

faerieryn

Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2010 12:22 pmPosts: 0

I will be 30 by the time I have my baby. However I still get ID'd for booze, lotto and and when I was buying cigarettes for a friend I was ID'd then too! I'm not sure people look at me and think I'm too young to be having a baby but they certainly don't think I'm 30! The kid in my classes at school think I'm about 22 which is a good age to look I think!

I will say however that it is really annoying me that I apparently don't count as a "young mum" anymore. It really bugs me that just because I am over 25, drop in centres think I don't need help and advice. Makes me want to scream sometimes!

Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:05 pm

Freckzz

Joined: Wed Sep 30, 2009 7:58 pmPosts: 0Location: Dudley

EmmaUK123 wrote:

I know this feeling!

I'm 27 but only 4ft4. I'm not a dwarf btw, I have scoliosis. Whenever people clock me they stare and oh! the looks of disgust on their faces!

So damn rude. I usually ask them what their issue is! Some woman was muttering about me behind me in a queue. I was very loud with her ' Do you have a problem with short people being pregnant?! I'm not a child, just small so don't be so bloody judgmental!'

She looked sooooo embarassed, it was great! And I got a few 'well saids' and 'you tell er luv'

I've been ID'd for lotto and booze before. Laughable really cos the people in the shop have known me for years and they know the booze aint gonna be for me cos I dont drink hehe.

Out of curiosity, do you show really really early because you're short?

I'm always getting funny looks, I even got asked if I wanted child fare on the bus the other day, I'm 22 not 15 The looks I get when I have Eva with me too are ridiculous, I've not had anyone mutter anything yet though

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Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:36 pm

zoe_dickinson

Joined: Sat Sep 18, 2010 7:30 pmPosts: 0Location: Ulverston, Cumbria

oh how i remember the looks of dissapproval lol i was 19 when i had sammy and had a few of them lol
used to make me laugh as i had been with william 4 years , when i had sammy , so wasnt like it was a mistake, he was actually planned ( through i think most people just presume that we werent trying for him) and a few decades ago it was probably the norm to see girls that age married with 2 or 3 kids x x x

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Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:44 pm

christy81

Joined: Wed Nov 25, 2009 7:22 pmPosts: 0Location: coatbridge

I remember when i first got together with OH we were only 15 and his brother was 3 at the time. You can imagine the looks we got when we took him anywhere.

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Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:51 pm

talica

ED MEGA BABE

Joined: Sun May 28, 2006 11:53 pmPosts: 1769Location: chester

i have brilliant fun with people giving me dirty looks, in 22 and i have 3 boys becuase im quite young people think they can say what ever they like to you, i had some one ask me the names of my boys so i said alex josh and oliver wasnt to bad i know but when they asked how the boys felt about having different last names i got snotty with the bint and said no my kids have the same last names, she thought she was being smart when she said in my day children took their dads last names, so i did tell her in my sweetest voice that it must have been hard for her kids growing up with different last names and different dads n their lives but my kids had the same last name as me and their dad

people also liked to tell me i was to young to be having kids (even thoug i had alex and josh already) now saying that to someone heavily pregnant can only mean bitchy sacastic comments back, so i said"aww no really......... bugger better sell this one then ey, any recomendations for what to do with my other two sons?"